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" The romantic idea of the penniless writer is false. It's terrible. I hated being in debt. I hated the anxiety of not knowing whether we could pay our rent that month. Thankfully, I had a wife who was very supportive and had faith and shared my madness. "

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" I can't wait for everyone to read 'Don't Look Back.' It's something very different for me, my first romantic suspense novel, so I'm very excited to be sharing the book, finally. "

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" I have always been very interested in the idea of loneliness and the presumption that romantic relationships are supposed to rid you of that. "

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" When I think of Othello, I think of a poet-warrior. Let me say that again - a romantic warrior. And I think I have those qualities in common with him. "

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" Usually, in romantic comedies, you end up sacrificing a great deal of the complexity - you know, just two attractive people and a good soundtrack. "

" It's tough to do a romantic scene with someone you don't like. I have been lucky so far. "

" I'm a complete romantic - it's why I always get married. Someone should really stop me. "

" With 'Attachments,' my goal was to write a really good romantic comedy. I wanted the reader to be smiling throughout. "

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" When you've been living in hope for a long time as I have, suddenly you realize that certainty is far more desirable than hope. "

" You know, I've always thought that it would be really funny if somebody made a romantic comedy where absolutely everything went well from beginning to end. "

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I Am

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" I'm always trying to reach a transcendent point, a romantic point, but reach it in a really unconventional way, a really profane way. To get to that romantic, touching, heartbreaking place, but through a lot of acts of profanity. "

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